Biggest Tripod Ever!

I was walking from Grand Central the other day when I saw these guys shooting a 360 degree panorama with a Canon 5D on a cherry picker. I'd love to see the actual footage but unfortunately the PA I asked had no idea what they were using it for.

Charlie Sheen LIVE: My Violent Torpedo of Truth

We scored some free tickets for Charlie Sheen's 'My Violent Torpedo of Truth' show last Friday night at Radio City Music Hall. I was pretty curious to see what this guy could do on stage to keep a live audience entertained and I had also always wanted to check out Radio City (which is amazing by the way). I will admit that the (rather brief) one hour show was indeed entertaining however Charlie was only directly responsible for about 50%... The other 50% came from the heckling, booing and general audience participation... If you can call it that. The signs at the entrances stated that anyone that heckled would be tossed out of the show and although we did see a couple of people get booted early on, I don't think they had the manpower to keep up with the onslaught from the crowd. I'm fairly certain that he was high or drunk or both and smoked cigarettes on stage for most of the show as he struggled to recall the details of many of his largely pointless anecdotes. All in all it was interesting and at points quite funny but I'm really glad I didn't fork out $120 for a ticket.

Mini Road Trip - Woodstock, NY

Shaggy, originally uploaded by jzaindustries.

We had been trying to plan a short snowboarding trip for a few weeks but when we finally got around to it most of the hills had just closed for the season. We decided to do a mini road trip anyway and someone suggested we check out Woodstock in upstate NY.

So 5 of us left straight after work on Sunday evening and after about a 2.5 hour drive we arrived at Twin Gables B&B (http://twingableswoodstockny.com) around 10.30pm. It was a pretty chillaxed occasion with not much going on but eating drinking and sleeping... perfect!

This guy came up to us and started preaching about the effects of Himalayan rock salt and how we should go straight to aisle 5 in the local supermarket and pick up a box right away.

We were convinced but by the time were in aisle 5 we were all like... "What the hell are we buying this stuff for again?!?".

Vegas - Roaming the Strip (Video)

So apparently Trip Films thought my vid was good enough for 'Video of the Day'. Check out a better version on Vimeo by clicking the image below...

Australia Day Snow Storm in NYC

Last Wednesday was Australia Day and a night of patriotic celebrations at the Sunburnt Cow and other bars across New York City. This also meant that there were some very concentrated groups of people in the city who were actually loving the fact that we were seeing yet another massive snow storm. Most of us haven't lived here long enough to get annoyed at whatever inconveniences 15 inches of snow may bring... instead we cherished it and many of us spent a large part of the night either throwing it at each other or rolling around in it.

How to retrieve your car from a pile of snow...

Thrifty Car Rental, Las Vegas - FAIL!!!

We rented a car for 3 days in Vegas a few weeks ago and I left a $500 camera lens in the center console. As soon as our flight took off for JFK I realized that it was missing. As soon as we landed I called up Thrifty and selected the menu option for lost & found... It just rang out. I then called back and selected the option to speak to a manager... it said 'Your call cannot be connected at this time'.

So, over the course of the next 5 days i kept trying to call and get through to someone. I left several messages with the lost and found at Thrifty Las Vegas after being transferred by customer service. I also had customer service email the Las Vegas outlet a couple of times. By the time I actually got on the phone to a real person at the location and they were able to search the car the lens was no longer there... well of course it wasnt!!!!!

Their response was that because I had chosen not to purchase the extra insurance there was nothing they could do. So basically... unless you pay extra, their employees can keep anything they find in your rental car. GREAT!!!

Review via Yelp.com